The Brit singer, who has just played gigs in Argentina, made sure he got the locals onside by letting rip at Clarkson who was forced to flee the country in terror for fear of his life.

Albarn got fans at the Gran Rex Theatre in Buenos Aires whooping and clapping as he told them: “I want to really apologise for all the behaviour of a guy called Jeremy Clarkson.“There’s a programme called Top Gear.”

Making a rude hand gesture, he added: “He’s a f****** a******. Not cool.”

And last night there was more bad news for Clarkson and his Top Gear team as Falklands War veterans in southern Argentina announced they would file a formal complaint to a court considering whether to open a criminal investigation for alleged falsification.

When the 54-year-old first drove his Porsche in Argentina he used the number plate H982 FKL which sparked anger amongst locals who complained he was mocking them over the 1982 Falklands War defeat.

TERROR: The smashed up cars after locals attacked Clarkson and the Top Gear crew [Enterprise]

“I want to really apologise for all the behaviour of a guy called Jeremy Clarkson.”

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When the car was abandoned last Thursday near the border with Chile after the Top Gear team fled the country three days early following the outbreak of violence, it had been fitted with another number plate - HI VAE.

Another two plates with the same reg - BEII END - were found inside the vehicle although the BBC has insisted they were never used.

Clarkson and Top Gear’s executive producer Andy Wilman have said the Falklands-referenced plate was not chosen deliberately - but their claims have fallen on deaf ears in Argentina following the discovery of the other registration numbers.

The proliferation of number plates has added to suspicion the Top Gear team chose the original registration deliberately but carried spares because they knew it would cause them problems.

Osvaldo Hillar, a member of the Commission of Falklands War veterans in Ushuaia where Clarkson encountered most problems, confirmed today: “I like to deal with things diplomatically and I want to see this through to the end and make sure justice is done because you don’t cause offence to our dead and the question of the Malvinas.

“We will be filing a formal complaint to the courts and leaving it in the hands of the judicial system.”

Clarkson admitted at the weekend the number plate on his Porsche was changed after the problems he experienced.

Court sources in the city of Rio Grande, which is expected to announce next week if it is opening a criminal investigation, say the crime of falsification for using different number plates to those in a car’s official documentation, carries a prison sentence of six months to three years.

Ushuaia mayor Federico Sciurano has described last week’s violence, which ended with the Top Gear team being stoned by angry locals as they drove towards Chile with a police escort, as a “great mistake.”He said after Clarkson’s departure: “We have committed a great mistake with the violence.

"That never resolves anything and the impact it was going to have was not taken into account.

“Instead of talking today about a person who was trying to be clever, we’re talking about the victimisation of that same person.

“Obviously I don’t agree with violence and smashing windows or a car wasn’t necessary.

“I believe the people responsible made a big mistake when they decided to act in that manner because now the news is that they decided to smash up the cars instead of talking about the real issue.

“The clever Dick ends up becoming the victim of this situation. It’s deplorable.

“I would have preferred it if nothing had been damaged. And if the TV programme had come here without creating distrust like this because they would have helped the city become better known in Europe.”

A made-up reg number consisting of jumbled letters and numbers is currently doing the rounds on Argentine social networking sites.

One Twitter user who posted a picture of the number plate in slang Argentine - which refers to body parts but is too obscene to translate in a family newspaper - said: “Maybe this number plate which is waiting for the people from Top Gear in Patagonia, will also be a simple coincidence.”